The value of England is in their attack, in which everything can be found:
Sterling's
speed and goal
,
Mount's
vision
,
Kane's
experience
and all of it brought together in the emerging figure of
Foden
, the platinum blonde of the United States. 'pross'. It was the initial English poker. If they don't work, as happened with the last two, there are high-level replacements, including a 17-year-old footballer,
Jude Bellingham
.
Gareth Southgate's
elections will
therefore be the key to his future in this European Championship that starts with a victory against Croatia (1-0), although with little goal for so much dynamite. You will need more.
With his new 'look', stuff from the tabloids, Foden appeared at Wembley in a big way.
In minutes, he received, he made room on the defense and threw at the post.
From then on, it was turned off.
It was a thunderstorm-threatening lightning bolt in the London sun.
Thunder followed, with Sterling and Mount in command, but Croatia resisted to wait for the haze, the slow pace, the thick football in which it interprets the times so well.
It gave him to arrive calmly to rest, but not to repeat it in the second half.
Changes after the World Cup semi-final
The two teams that faced each other in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Russia, with victory for the Croats, had changed almost half, since in the two eleven there were six players from then in each of the teams that jumped onto the Wembley lawn. In these transformations, England has won more, due to the incorporation of Mount, Foden or
Calvin Philips
, a great midfielder molded by
Marcelo Bielsa
at Leeds, while Croatia has lost to masts like
Rakitic
or
Mandzukic
. However, the script has not changed at all, under the command of the two teams of the same men, Soutgate and
Zlatko Dalic
.
Since their meeting in 2018, the English, representatives of football on the rise, have fared better.
Three of the four finalists in European competitions have been Premier teams.
The two that played in the Champions League, Chelsea and Manchester City, are the teams that contribute the most footballers to this European Championship.
Nothing is accidental.
The appearance of Philips
Added to the arrivals of Sterling, the biggest agitator despite having been a doubt for Southgate, was added the push from Philips in the media. Although in Leeds, Bielsa uses it in a positional way, with the national team he takes it down and looks out into the area, where he is a danger due to power and vision. The first was demonstrated in a volley in the first half repelled by
Livakovic
; the second, by offering Sterling the first goal pass, shortly into the second half.
The action started at
Walker
and
Kovacic's
misreading
allowed Philips to intervene. The performance of one of the two English pivots was commendable, developing it in an area where Croatia plays with
Modric
,
Brozovic
and Kovacic, no less. The leader of the Madrid game did not have enough prominence to turn the game around. The second went to the bank and Croatia was at the mercy of Kovacic's push. Is not the same.
When the Croatian team managed to temper the game after the English start, it evolved through the wings, occupied by
Vrsaljko
and
Gvardiol.
It is not the first time that the former offers the duality of not only appearing in Atlético and shining in the national team. Ask
Simeone
. The second rojiblanco footballer in the match was
Trippier,
but this time, incidentally, on the left wing. Gvardiol is one of the last good Croatian finds, who disputes the Euro after having played the U21 version weeks ago. He is not the only one in Dalic's team, with a lot of trouble creating chances.
Perisic
, who pitched high, had the best.
Petkovic,
a tank striker, was the alternative, without fruit.
The English production was greater, but also without the clarity desired by Southgate in the definition, except for the goal of Sterling.
Kane is not the one from the World Cup.
It is slow, imprecise.
Foden, missing from the first time, left his place to Rashford.
Soon after, he entered through Bellingham for Kane.
Later, Sterling also left the field, despite the shortness of the result.
The 'pross' have level forwards for various teams.
Finding the right one at each moment is your challenge.
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